Do apples taste different still on the tree?

WINE TALK
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I just got some Krug Grand Cuvee and inside the box, there is a card in many languages describing the wine. Now, I like tasting notes and can appreciate how some aromas or flavors just take you to some weird place, but some of these made my eyes roll. Of course, I haven’t tried the wine, so maybe I will agree. The card tells me I may taste hints of apples still on the tree (among others). I am looking forward to tasting the Barley sugar (not sure what this is, but I guess it tastes different than other sugar) although the card does warn this “may take you by surprise”.

Frankly, they had me at Krug.

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I know olives do.

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Barley candy sort of tastes like caramel. I think it is the cause of, shall we say, British Teeth Syndrome (see Austin Powers). Not sure about apples on the tree versus off.

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Jalapeño peppers do too.

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On and Off depends on timing…

immediately before picking - bite… immediately after picking - bite… probably no difference.

On the tree - bite… pick and wait a week - bite… probably difference.

but that’s true with anything that grows on trees no?

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Your jalapeños grow on a tree? :wink:

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Come to think of it, olives on the tree taste like green apples. Which leads us back to the OP’s question. [snort.gif]

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Call me old-fashioned, but I like to pick my apples off the tree BEFORE I bite into them…

Bruce

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Corn is supposed to. I have heard of people who bring a boiling pot of water into the field, shuck the corn while still on the stalk, and bend over the stalk and plunge the ear directly into the water while still “alive.” I suspect the vegans will consider that torture but it’s supposed to taste better. I once ate corn that was cooked within 30 seconds after I cut it off the stalk and it tasted better.

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Jay. You must be a city boy :wink:

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Richard Jennings is going to need to redo his infamous pear tasting, this time trying all of them while on the tree.

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I can see someone using this descriptor if making a note on CT if he/she is writing as he/she is tasting. Sometimes, I just think out loud and then write what I said. However, for a note to accompany a wine, it comes off as pretty douchey, IMO.

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Apples still on the tree generally taste starchy, unless it is after normal harvest time, or they have been partially frozen (“water-core”)

Pears are always picked green. If they get ripe in the tree they are mushy.

P Hickner

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I’ll take the other side.
I think “apple still on the tree” is a very descriptive note. Better than “fresh picked.” Better than anything else I can think of. When you’re picking apples you eat all the damn apples you can stand because they taste a certain way. “Still on the tree,” describes that specifically even if it sounds nonsensical.

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[scratch.gif]

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When you’re standing in an orchard eating apples, you’ll be picking up all kinds of scents from the grass, the dirt, the trees, the air, etc. that contribute to an “on the tree” taste experience that’s different from what you’d get at home later, even if the apple itself tastes the same.

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But that’s not an apple on the tree. That’s an apple in an orchard. :wink:

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It could be both!

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Or it was just a translation problem from French to English

George

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Mmmm, reminds me of wine stored in “live oak.”